DJ Turntable demonstrates integrating a Qt Quick application to the Qt audio interface using Qt GameEnabler's audio engine. The application is compatible with Nokia Anna and Belle devices with Qt 4.7.4 or higher, Meego 1.2 Harmattan, and Windows desktop computers.
This example application is hosted in Nokia Developer Projects:
For more information on implementation, visit the wiki pages:
- http://projects.developer.nokia.com/turntable/wiki
- http://projects.developer.nokia.com/turntable/wiki/DesignConsiderations
- http://projects.developer.nokia.com/qtgameenabler
- Added support for ogg vorbis files
- Uses the latest Qt GameEnabler audio engine
- Usage
Turntable
Play the looping sample with a realistic turntable. The sample can be scratched with a finger, played faster, slower, and backwards. The speed of the record can be adjusted with the speed slider, the default 1x speed can be obtained by double-clicking the speed slider knob. DJ Turntable includes Cutoff and Resonance control knobs to alter the sample in real time. The knobs are rotated by moving a finger up and down on top of them.
Sample selector
Use the sample selector to change the sample that the turntable is playing by selecting the desired sample from the directory view. DJ Turntable support wav and ogg vorbis files. The following uncompressed WAV formats are supported:
8-bit unsigned 16-bit unsigned 32-bit float
Only stereo ogg files are supported. Avoid using files with high bitrates and sample rates since the files are decoded in real-time. C7/N8 and N9 devices are capable of playing at least 120kbps/44KHz files (depending on the encoder settings).
The application will open the last selected sample on startup. Use the default sample button on the right under the back button to reset back to the default sample.
Drum machine
Play and edit the drum beats. There are three predefined beats which can be played and edited but the edits are not stored. For the user there are three beats that are saved in the device memory whenever they are edited. Use the beat selector buttons at the bottom of the view to switch between the beats. All the beats are 32 ticks long and they contain 6 different drum samples: hi-hat, hi-hat open, bass drum, snare, cymbal, and cow bell.
The drum machine will play all drum beats at 150 bpm. Changing the speed of the turntable will affect the playing speed of the drum machine accordingly.
Keyboard shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts exist: Camera zoom up = Volume up Camera zoom down = Volume down Space = Start / stop the turntable Return = Start / stop the drum machine Key up = Go to the turntable view Key down = Go to the drum machine view Key left = View the 1st tick group in the drum machine Key right = View the 2nd tick group in the drum machine Key i = Go to the info view Key s = Go to the sample selector view Backspace = Return from the info or sample selector view to the previous view
Samples
The turntable melody sample ivory.wav was created by nick Flick3r and it was downloaded from http://www.freesound.org. The sample follows the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/ license.
- Project structure and implementation
src/main.cpp
- Creates all the required Qt objects and initialises the Declarative runtime. The integration of the QML and Qt code is done here.
src/TurnTable.h src/TurnTable.cpp
- Represents the logic of the turntable section of the UI. The Turntable object contains the main audio mixer to which the drum beats and the disc sample are mixed.
src/DrumMachine.h src/DrumMachine.cpp
- Represents the logic of the drum machine section of the UI. Signals of the drum machine QML are mapped directly to this object's slots. The storing and loading of the drum sequences is done here.
src/accelerometerfilter.h
- Handles the accelerometer information from the device's sensor. The signals about changes in accelerometer data are mapped directly to the QML slots to rotate the reflection on the record on the turntable.
src/sounds/*
- Contains the audio samples used by DJ Turntable.
src/qml/DrumMachine/*
- QML files containing the UI controls of the drum machine.
src/qml/InfoScreen/*
- QML files containing the UI controls of the info screen.
src/qml/SampleSelector/*
- QML files containing the UI controls of the sample selector screen.
src/qml/TurnTable.qml
- The main QML file that represents the whole UI of the application. All other QML files and elements are children of this file.
src/qtgameenabler/*
- Qt GameEnablers' source codes.
bin/
- The compiled binaries.
The most important Qt classes and QML elements used in the application are listed here.
Qt / C++ classes
QDeclarativeView - used to interpret QML files
QGLWidget - used to draw QDeclarativeView with Qt OpenGL
QPointer - relaxes the use of pointers
QSettings - used to store and retrieve user defined beats to / from
permanent storage
QMessageBox - used to report serious errors
QVariant - used as parameters in Qt Signals and Slots between Qt and
QML
QVector - used to store beat sequences in memory
std::vector - used to convert predefined beats stored as byte arrays to
QVectors
Qt Mobility classes
QAccelerometer - gets the inclination of the mobile device QAccelerometerFilter - used to filter values of QAccelerometer to save CPU cycles QSystemDeviceInfo - used to detect the profile of the device, for instance, when the mobile is on silent the volume is set to 0 QAudioOutput - used to access audio device (part of QtMultimediaKit in Symbian target)
Qt classes used in GE audio engine
QAudioOutput - used to access audio device (part of Qt multimedia module in
desktop and Maemo targets)
QThread - used to implement audio functionality in worker thread
QIODevice - used to handle audio buffers
QMutex - used to synchronise critical sections between worker thread
and GUI thread
QFile - used to read WAV files
Symbian specific classes
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MRemConCoreApiTargetObserver,
CRemConInterfaceSelector,
CRemConCoreApiTarget - used to handle volume up/down HW keys on
Symbian devices
CMMFDevSound - used to set the master volume in Symbian
devies, involves a nasty hack
QML elements
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Flickable - used to implement view change between the info screen,
the turntable, and the drum machine, also used to switch
between 1-16 and 17-32 ticks in drum machine
Repeater - used to create 32 x 6 drum buttons in drum machine
Rotation - used to rotate the 'arm' on top of the record
3. Compatibility
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- Symbian devices with Qt 4.7.4 or higher.
- MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan.
- Windows 7
Tested to work on;
- Nokia N8-00
- Nokia C7-00
- Nokia N9
- Nokia 701
- Windows 7
Developed with:
- Qt SDK 1.2
4.1 Required Capabilities
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None; The application can be self signed on Symbian.
4.2 Known Issues
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- Some OGG files may not work properly. This depends on the used encoder and
used encoding settings. For example, the ogg file can contain only one vorbis
stream. The decodind is done using (rather old) stb vorbis, see
http://nothings.org/stb_vorbis/
5. Building, installing, and running the application
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5.1 Preparations
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Check that you have the latest Qt SDK installed in the development environment
and the latest Qt version on the device.
5.2 Using the Qt SDK
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You can install and run the application on the device by using the Qt SDK.
Open the project in the SDK, set up the correct target (depending on the device
platform), and click the Run button. For more details about this approach,
visit the Qt Getting Started section at Nokia Developer
(http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/Getting_started/).
5.3 Symbian device
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Make sure your device is connected to your computer. Locate the .sis
installation file and open it with Ovi Suite. Accept all requests from Ovi
Suite and the device. Note that you can also install the application by copying
the installation file onto your device and opening it with the Symbian File
Manager application.
After the application is installed, locate the application icon from the
application menu and launch the application by tapping the icon.
5.4 Nokia N9
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Copy the application Debian package onto the device. Locate the file with the
device and run it; this will install the application. Note that you can also
use the terminal application and install the application by typing the command
'dpkg -i <package name>.deb' on the command line. To install the application
using the terminal application, make sure you have the right privileges
to do so (e.g. root access).
Once the application is installed, locate the application icon from the
application menu and launch the application by tapping the icon.
6. License
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See the license text file delivered with this project. The license file is also
available online at
http://projects.developer.nokia.com/turntable/browser/Licence.txt
7. Version history
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v1.4.1 Added surround icon. Fixed the disk reflection.
v1.4.0 Added support for ogg vorbis files and use the latest Qt GameEnabler.
v1.3.1 Some optimizations for low performance Symbian devices.
v1.3 Added support for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan.
v1.2.2 Compatibility with Qt 4.7.2.
v1.2.1 Added error handling to opening of external WAV files.
v1.2 Added possibility to play external WAV files.
v1.1 Updated version for Forum Nokia.
v1.0 Initial version published in Forum Nokia Projects only.